King Lars Porsena (also spelled Porsenna) was the Etruscan monarch of Clusium (modern Chusi, Tuscany) during the transitional period in which Rome changed its...
Emperor Constantine V was the son of Emperor Leo III of Constantinople (r. 717-741), a ruler who brought much-needed stability to the Byzantine Empire...
Snorri Sturluson (c. 1179-1241)
"Hraesvelg, he is called,
who sits at heaven's end,
a giant in eagle's shape.
From his wings,
it is said, the winds
blow over all men."
...
Geoffrey Chaucer (1342-1400)
"Some say the things we most desire are these:
Freedom to do exactly as we please,
With no one to reprove our faults and...
